Overshoe-retainer.



PATBNTED FEB. 27, 1906.

0. E. HUBBBLL.

OVERSHOE RETAINER.

*APPLIOATION FILED Arn.1s,19o5.

Sme/Moz' 0. ,Huell attenua? OOTAVE E. HUBBELL, OF MONROE, LOUISIANA.

OVERSHOE-RETAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

Application filed April 13, 1905. Serial No. 255.408.

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Be it known that I, lOCTAVE E. HUBBELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Monroe, in the parish of Ouachita and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Overshoe-Retainers, and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in overshoe-retainers.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be quickly and easily applied and which will securely hold the overshoe in place.

A further object is to provide an overshoeretainer which will be simple, strong, durable, and inexpensive in construction and well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed. y

With these and other objects in viewthe invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device, showing the manner of applying the same to the shoe and ankle of the wearer, the shoe and ankle being shown in dotted lines, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view through the securingclip of the retainer.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the retainer,which consists of a bail or loop shaped shoe-engaging strip 2, which is preferably formed of spring metal andis adapted to be arranged upon a foot of the wearer and to be passed under and around the overshoe adjacent to the heel portion of the same, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings. On the upper ends of the'strip 2 are formed loops 3, through which is inserted and secured a spring-metal clip 4, said clip being adapted to engage the ankle of the wearer, thereby securely holding the rubber shoe in place. The clip 4, while primarily intended to retain the rubber shoe in place, may also serve to hold the trousers of the wearer in folded position and when so used will serve a double function.

An overshoe-retainer constructed as herein shown and described may be readily applied to the shoe when needed and will securely hold the same in place.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The hereindescribed overshoe-retainer comprising a yielding bail or loop shaped shoe-engaging strip 2 designed to extend under the shank of the overshoe and provided with loops 3 at its upper ends, and a springmetal clip 4 passed through the loops 3 on said shoe-engaging strip to attach the same to the ankle .of the wearer, said retainer being disconnected from the shoe, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OOTAVE E. HUBBELL.

Witnesses:

E. C. DREW, A. A. GUNLY. 

